10. What is the writer’s attitude toward heavy traffic when he mentions the Appleyard’s study?
A. neutral B. favorable C. critical D. doubtful
III. SUPPLY EACH BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD:
Many tourists who visit Central America find (1)______ surprising to learn that the Mayas still live
there. (2)______ it is true that their ancient civilization came to an end when their country was (3)______
over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried (4)______ living in the area. Today there are an
estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5)______ live in southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America
states have large Mayan populations as (6)______.
Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7)______ over time, and today, women weave
clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that are the same as (8)______ found in ancient temples.
The different patterns and symbols on these brightly coloured (9)______ not only look attractive,
(10)______ can also communicate important information such as marital (11)______.
Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholics, many of the festivals that they
(12)_______ part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13)______ to practise and more
modern Christian elements. It was perhaps the Mayas' ability to (14)_______ and change that made it
possible for them to survive to the (15)______ day.
IV. WRITING
I. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING:
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